"The Aleph" (Spanish: El Aleph) is a short story by Argentine writer and poet Jorge Luis Borges. First published in September 1945, it was reprinted in the short story collection The Aleph and Other Stories in 1949, and revised by the author in 1974.
Aleph number
In mathematics, particularly in set theory, the aleph numbers are a sequence of numbers used to represent the cardinality of infinite sets. They were introduced by the mathematician Georg Cantor and are named after the symbol he used to denote them, the Hebrew letter aleph (ℵ).
Author, Poet, Visual Storyteller | Ellen Everett
German LLM maker Aleph Alpha pivots to AI support | TechCrunch
Europe doesn't have many large language model (LLM) makers but one of these rare AI beasts -- Germany's Aleph Alpha -- appears to be preparing to rule
The Worst Magazine In America
The Atlantic poses as a magazine of ideas, but its writers get away with terrible arguments. Its ascendance is a sign of the dire state of American intellectual life.
Claude, Author of the Humanitas — LessWrong
In the wee hours of Memorial Day, my friends and I stayed up past 4:30 AM California time to listen to the announcement of Pope Leo’s first encyclica…
Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?
Analyses have determined that parts of the Magnifica Humanitas appear to have been written by AI.
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Lisboa/Portugal Books, comics, records/music, films, games (interests, not activities). Mostly random thoughts in short form here, and in long(ish)-form on my blog. https://sobreiromecanico.tumblr.com/ (Photo: Eurasian Eagle Owl by Paul Bankowitsch)
Actual Air in the Purple Mountains: An Interview With David Berman
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
Tradition and the Individual Talent
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
RTMH: Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas on AI
His holiness has spoken, frequently about AI.
A Concordance of the Yellow Sign
I’m currently doing a deep dive into the mythology of the Yellow Sign and the King in Yellow. Originally created by Robert W. Chambers for his 1895 short story collection The King in Yellow, they
Alexis King’s Blog
This is a blog post I have been considering writing for a long time.
It’s go in horizontal by Leslie Scalapino | East Bay Booksellers
Internationally recognized as one of the most innovative writers in America today, Leslie Scalapino persistently challenges the boundaries of many forms in which she works—poetry, prose, plays, and more.
What Kind of Bird Can't Fly by Dorsey Nunn | East Bay Booksellers
A decade behind bars spurs fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights."Whoever wants to assuage their doubts that radical change is possible—from the level of the individual to that of law, culture, and society—should make time to read Dorsey Nunn's extraordinary memoir.
Library of Congress Aesop Fables
There was once a Countryman who possessed the most wonderful Goose you can imagine, for every day when he visited the nest, the Goose had laid a beautiful, glittering, golden egg.
in which our protagonist dreams of laurels — wingolog
wingolog: article: in which our protagonist dreams of laurels